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DC Linktank is a free weekly roundup of upcoming events from Washington's top
think tanks, political organizations, advocacy groups, associations, and universities. |
DC Events | February 6 - February 11 |
Monday, February 6 |
| Time |
Subject |
Title |
Host |
Panelist(s) |
RSVP |
| 9:00 AM |
Persons with Disabilities, Discrimination |
Implementing the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Participate in Political and Public Life: Global Standards and Practice Examined
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AU SIS |
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| 9:00 AM |
DoD, 2013 Budget |
The Acquisition Implications of the DoD Strategic Guidance and the FY2013 Budget
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CSIS |
Frank Kendall |
RSVP
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| 9:00 AM |
Nuclear Arms Control |
The Next Step for Arms Control: A Nuclear Control Regime
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Elliott School |
Jan Lodal |
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| 9:30 AM |
Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean |
The Evolution of Turkey’s Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for U.S. interests
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American Hellenic Institute |
Daniel Pipes, Harry Dinella, Van Coufoudakis, Doug Bandow, Raphael Danziger |
RSVP
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| 11:00 AM |
Policy, 2012 Election |
Policy Perspectives 2012
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Cato |
Edward H. Crane, David Boaz, Tucker Carlson |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Development Finance, Corruption, Indonesia |
Do Aid or Oil Revenue Windfalls Really Undermine Accountability? An Experiment in Indonesia
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CGD |
Laura Paler |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Goergia-South Ossetia |
Georgian-South Ossetian Confidence Building Processes
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Wilson Center |
Susan Allen Nan |
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| 12:00 PM |
Global Economy, IMF |
IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard on the Global Economy in 2012
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Carnegie |
Olivier Blanchard, Philip Suttle, Uri Dadush, Vikram Nehru |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Taiwan |
Taiwan Election Discussion
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SAIS |
David M. Lampton, Carla Freeman |
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| 12:00 PM |
Higher Education, Affirmative Action |
The Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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AU Law |
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RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Int'l Finance, Regulation |
Why Regulate International Finance?
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GW Law |
Pierre Hugues Verdier |
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| 12:30 PM |
Russia, Civil Society |
The End of the Beginning? Corruption, Citizen Dissent and People Power Prospects in Russia
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SAIS |
Shaazka Beyerle |
RSVP
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| 1:00 PM |
Adult Education, Literacy |
Surveying the State of Adult Education in the United States
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Departments of State, Education; UNESCO |
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| 2:30 PM |
India-U.S. |
Building on Convergence: Deepening the India - U.S. Strategic Partnership
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CSIS |
Ranjan Mathai, John Hamre, Karl F. Inderfurth |
RSVP
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| 4:00 PM |
French Colonialism, North Africa |
Barbary Coasts: North Africa, Colonialism, and the Mediterranean, c. 1820-2011
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Wilson Center |
Julia Clancy-Smith |
RSVP
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| 4:30 PM |
UN, Human Rights |
Protecting Human Rights Through the Mechanism of U.N. Special Rapporteurs
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SAIS |
Surya Subedi |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Classism |
Alternative Futures for a Fractured American Culture
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AEI |
Charles Murray |
RSVP
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| 6:00 PM |
Amilcar Cabral, Community Activism |
Return to the Source: The Fundamentals of Working Towards Community Activism (Documentary)
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TransAfrica |
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| 6:00 PM |
Iraq, Civil Society |
Iraqi People Power: Citizens Leading the Way to Peace and Development in Iraq
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Busboys |
Iraq al-Amal and more |
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| 6:00 PM |
Foreign Policy Professionals, Mentoring Fair |
DC Annual Mentoring Fair
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WFPG |
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| 6:30 PM |
Swissair |
Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair (Documentary)
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Goethe Institute |
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| 6:30 PM |
El Salvador |
Seeking Peace in El Salvador
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World Affairs Council |
Diana Villiers Negroponte |
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| 6:30 PM |
Int'l AML Careers |
YPFP DC Tools of the Trade: Careers in International Anti-Money Laundering
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YPFP |
Truman Butler, Bruce Zagaris, Stephanie Brooker, Danielle Camner Lindholm, Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Michael Buffardi |
RSVP
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Tuesday, February 7 |
| Time |
Subject |
Title |
Host |
Panelist(s) |
RSVP |
| 9:30 AM |
Israel, Greentech |
Greener, Cleaner, Better: Israeli Innovation in Greentech
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AU SPA |
Michael Granoff |
RSVP
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| 9:30 AM |
Military Spending, Stealth Bomber |
New Stealth Bomber and Future Warfare
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Washington Security Forum |
Rebecca Grant, John Corley |
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| 9:30 AM |
Internet, Global Communication |
The Global Internet and the Free Flow of Information
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MAP Forum |
Ben Scott, Bob Boorstin, Cynthia Wong, David Sullivan, Christopher Soghoian, Ashkan Soltani, Mark MacCarthy |
RSVP
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| 10:00 AM |
Energy Innovation, Federal Budget |
Energy Innovation in a Time of Fiscal Austerity and Policy Uncertainty
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Bipartisan Policy |
Richard K. Lester, David M. Hart |
RSVP
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| 10:00 AM |
Higher Education, Open CourseWare |
Open Source Higher Education
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CAP |
Martha Kanter, Nicole Allen, Michael Carroll, Sally Johnstone |
RSVP
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| 10:00 AM |
Arab Spring, Arab Economies |
The Arab Spring: The Challenge for Business in North Africa and the Middle East 2012
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Press Club |
Richard Fenning |
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| 10:30 AM |
Charles Dickens, London Childhood |
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
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Politics and Prose |
Andrea Warren |
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| 11:00 AM |
European Union |
The State of the European Union
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Heritage |
Derk Jan Eppink, Jan Zahradil, Geoffrey Van Orden |
RSVP
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| 11:45 AM |
Euro Crisis, Employment |
Impact of the Euro Crisis on Employment
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Georgetown |
László Andor |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Pakistan |
Pakistani Meltdown: Choosing Between Democracy and Dictatorship
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CNP |
Shuja Nawaz, Moeed Yusuf |
RSVP
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| 12:10 PM |
UN CAT |
United Nations Committee Against Torture Project (Student Program)
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AU Law |
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RSVP
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| 1:30 PM |
Women Boomers, Retirement |
First Tuesday -- Can Boomer Women Afford to Retire?
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Urban Institute |
Barbara Bovbjerg, Mary Beth Franklin, Heidi Hartmann, Richard Johnson, Jack VanDerhei |
RSVP
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| 3:00 PM |
Arab Uprisings |
The Arab Revolts and Their Consequences
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ICMES |
W. Patrick Lang, Chas. W. Freeman, Paul R. Pillar |
RSVP
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| 5:00 PM |
EU |
Europe's Eastern Neighborhood Policy
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SAIS |
Daniel Hamilton |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Gen. David Petraeus |
All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
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CSIS |
Paula Broadwell, Vernon Loeb |
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| 6:00 PM |
Soviet Union |
Age of Delirium: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Union
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SAIS |
David Satter |
RSVP
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| 6:00 PM |
African Diaspora |
Building Community with the African Diaspora
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Busboys |
Johnnetta Cole, Nicole Lee |
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| 6:30 PM |
Church and State |
A Surprising Cast of Characters: King Belshazzar, Pope Leo XIII, and the 2012 Election (Waitlist Only)
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EPPC |
William E. Simon |
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| 6:30 PM |
Foreign Service Careers |
YPFP DC Tools of the Trade: An Inside Look to Careers in the Foreign Service
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YPFP |
Lynn W. Roche, Jeffrey Bozworth, Jeffrey Levine, Mary D. Draper |
RSVP
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| 7:00 PM |
Tea Party, Conservatism |
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
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Politics and Prose |
Theda Skocpol, Vanessa Williamson |
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| 7:00 PM |
DC |
The Honorable Mayor Vincent C. Gray: 2012 State of the District Address
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Sixth & I Synagogue |
Vincent C. Gray |
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| 7:30 PM |
Medical Ethics, African Americans |
The Continuum: A Panel Discussion / From Fortune to Henrietta Lacks and Beyond
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Oxon Hill Library |
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Wednesday, February 8 |
| Time |
Subject |
Title |
Host |
Panelist(s) |
RSVP |
| 7:00 AM |
Federal IT |
Performance Under Pressure: Visualize, Optimize, Realize Solutions to Succeed
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GovExec |
Keith Trippie, Rory D. Schultz, Sasi Kumar Pillay, Peter M Cuviello, Robert "Bob" Beauchamp and more |
RSVP
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| 9:00 AM |
Singapore |
Singapore Conference
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CSIS |
K. Shanmugam, Ashok Mirpuri, Charlene Barshefsky, Chee Wee Kiong, Linda Darling-Hammond and more |
RSVP
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| 9:30 AM |
Cybersecurity |
Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Private-Sector Responses
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House Energy & Commerce |
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| 9:30 AM |
Mexican Economy |
Dialogues with Mexico/Diálogos con México
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Wilson Center |
Pedro Aspe |
RSVP
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| 9:30 AM |
New Energy, Petroleum |
Unconventional Oil: Illuminating the Global Paradigm Shift to New Petroleum Fuels
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Carnegie |
Juliet Eilperin, James Burkhard, Brenda Brenda Pierce, David Burwell, Deborah Gordon |
RSVP
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| 10:00 AM |
Health Information Exchanges |
Policy Megachange and Health Information Exchanges
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Brookings |
Janet Marchibroda, John Piescik, P. Jon White, Claudia Williams |
RSVP
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| 11:30 AM |
Health Care Quality |
The Quality Measure Enterprise, NQF's Role and Hot Topics in Quality
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Northern Virginia Health Policy Forum |
Tom Valuck |
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| 11:45 AM |
Legal Scholarship, Mormanism |
WIP: Nate Oman
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GW Law |
Nate Oman |
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| 12:00 PM |
FCC, Indecency Regulations |
Freedom of Speech and Freedom From Harm: Debating the FCC's Indecency Regulations as Framed by FCC v. Fox Television
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AU Law |
Craig Parshall, Chris Gacek, David Petron, Trevor Burrus |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Political Novel, Conservatism |
The Liberty Intrigue (Fiction)
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Heritage |
Tom Grace |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Iran |
The Iranian Threat
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Hudson |
Douglas Farah, Celina Realuyo, Didziulis Vytenis |
RSVP
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| 12:30 PM |
Muslim World |
Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism
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Georgetown |
Jonathan Lyons |
RSVP
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| 12:30 PM |
Turkey, Iran, Russia |
Turkey, Iran and Russia: Nexus
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SAIS |
Stephen Flanagan |
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| 12:30 PM |
Global Gender Imbalance |
Unnatural Selection: Probing the Consequences of a Global Gender Imbalance
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SAIS |
Mara Hvistendahl |
RSVP
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| 12:45 PM |
Latin America, Banking |
Beyond Banking: Promoting Sustainability in Latin America's Financial Services
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SAIS |
Daniela Carrera Marquis |
RSVP
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| 1:00 PM |
Middle East, Activism |
A Conversation with IPS Fellow Phyllis Bennis and Ethelbert Miller
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IPS |
Phyllis Bennis, Ethelbert Miller |
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| 2:00 PM |
Egypt, Arab Spring |
Meet the Press at Brookings: The Egypt Revolution One Year On
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Brookings |
Thomas Friedman, Shadi Hamid, Martin S. Indyk, Tamara Wittes |
RSVP
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| 2:00 PM |
EMPs, Power Grid |
Threats to the Energy Sector - Electromagnetic Pulse (EMPs)
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InfraGard |
Dave Hunt, Chuck Manto |
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| 2:00 PM |
Intermarium, Geopolitics |
Intermarium: Geopolitics
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IWP |
Marek Chodakiewicz |
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| 2:30 PM |
East Asia, Int'l Economy |
Washington Asian Forum: "Who Accomodates Chinese Interests?"
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AU SIS |
Scott L. Kastner |
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| 2:45 PM |
Adult Education |
Building Our Competitive Edge: How Adult Education Leverages Multi-System Partnerships for Student Success
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CLASP |
Barry Shaffer, Rita Daniels, Tom DuBois |
RSVP
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| 3:00 PM |
America and Global Power |
Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power
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CSIS |
Zbigniew Brzezinski |
RSVP
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| 3:00 PM |
2008 Mumbai Attack, Crisis Management |
The Unfinished Crisis: US Crisis Management After the 2008 Mumbai Attack
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Stimson |
Polly Nayak, Michael Krepon |
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| 5:00 PM |
Government and Corporations |
Power, Inc. The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government—and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead
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Carnegie |
David Rothkopf, Robert Hormats, Daniel Yergin, Ed Luce |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Civil Rights |
A New Frontier of Civil Rights
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AU Law |
Melanca Clark, Darren Hutchinson, Angela Davis, James A. Ferg-Cadima, Victor Goode |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Oil and Int'l Politics |
Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil
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Elliott School |
Timothy Mitchell |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Japan-U.S. |
Japan's Mega-Disaster: An On-the-Ground Perspective
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Georgetown |
John V. Roos |
RSVP
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| 6:00 PM |
Foreign Policy Progressives, Networking |
Foreign Policy Progressives Networking Reception
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America's Impact |
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| 6:00 PM |
Black Freedom Struggle |
We Ain't What We Ought to Be: The Black Freedom Struggle from Emancipation to Obama
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Portrait Gallery |
Stephen Tuck |
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| 6:30 PM |
Libertarians, Conservatives |
Are Libertarians Part of the Conservative Movement?
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AEI |
Jonah Goldberg, Matt Welch |
RSVP
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| 6:30 PM |
Terrorism |
Life After Death (Documentary)
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Buxton Initiative |
Hedieh Mirahmadi, Dan Sutherland |
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| 6:45 PM |
Renaissance, Albrecht Dürer |
Dürer and the Idea of the Artist in the Renaissance
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Goethe Institute |
Lorena Baines |
RSVP
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| 8:00 PM |
Government Size & Scope |
Debate: Is Government the Problem or the Solution?
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Ayn Rand Center |
Yaron Brook, David Callahan |
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Thursday, February 9 |
| Time |
Subject |
Title |
Host |
Panelist(s) |
RSVP |
| 8:30 AM |
No Child Left Behind, GOP |
Chairman Kline Unveils GOP Vision to Fix No Child Left Behind
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AEI |
John Kline |
RSVP
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| 8:30 AM |
South Asia, Job Growth |
Job Growth in South Asia
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CSIS |
Kalpana Kochhar, Pablo Gottret, Reema Nayar, Karl Inderfurth, Meredith Broadbent and more |
RSVP
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| 9:00 AM |
Conservatism |
CPAC 2012 Conference (Day 1 of 3)
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American Conservative Union |
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RSVP
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| 9:00 AM |
Development, Field Work |
Working in the Field: If They Let You In
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GMU S-CAR |
Susan Collin Marks |
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| 9:30 AM |
Conservatism, 2012 Election |
Judicial Watch: 2012 Election Integrity Project (CPAC - Virginia Ball Room)
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Judicial Watch |
Tom Fitton |
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| 9:30 AM |
Burundi |
Land Conflict in Burundi, Lessons Learned and New Challenges
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SAIS |
Kelsey Jones-Casey, Frances Fortune |
RSVP
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| 9:30 AM |
Bahrain |
The Unfinished February 14 Uprising: What Next for Bahrain?
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POMED |
Ron Wyden, Elliott Abrams, Joost Hiltermann, Colin Kahl |
RSVP
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| 10:00 AM |
Latin America, Free Speech |
Silencing Dissent: The Assault on Free Speech in Latin America
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AEI |
Milton Coleman, Rafael Cuesta, Joel Hirst, Nicholas Perez |
RSVP
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| 11:15 AM |
Labor Movement, Wisconsin & Ohio |
Return of Big Labor: What Can We Learn from Wisconsin & Ohio? (CPAC)
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CEI |
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| 12:00 PM |
Child Trafficking, Ghana |
Child Trafficking in Ghana: Insights of James Kofi Annan, a Former Child Victim
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AU Law |
James Kofi Annan |
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| 12:00 PM |
Iran |
An Assessment of Iran’s Upcoming Parliamentary Elections
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Wilson Center, Boel |
Hosein Ghazian, Geneive Abdo |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Smart Grid |
EPC Forum Presents: Smart Regulation and Federalism For the Smart Grid
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JHU |
Joel Eisen |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Colombia |
Intercepting Democracy: Colombia's Intelligence Service vs. Civil Liberties
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NED |
Hollman Morris, Brandon Yoder |
RSVP
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| 12:00 PM |
Federally-Funded Research |
The Future of Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research
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CED |
Elliot E. Maxwell |
RSVP
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| 12:30 PM |
Refugees, India Partition |
Remembering Refugees: Stories from the 1947 Partition of India from Mumbai, and Beyond
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Elliott School |
Kavita Daiya |
RSVP
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| 2:00 PM |
Regulation Modeling |
REMI Webinar: New Industry Regulation: What Does it Mean for the Economy?
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REMI |
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| 2:00 PM |
IMF, Financial Crises |
Global Currency War, Endless Financial Crises: What's Wrong with the International Monetary System?
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AEI |
Robert Aliber, Anne Kruger, Desmond Lachman, John H. Makin |
RSVP
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| 2:00 PM |
Energy, Environment, Population |
The Intersection of Energy, Environment and Population
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Bridging Nations |
Michael Trachtenberg, Richard Jackson, Scott Hutchins |
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| 2:30 PM |
Female Attorneys |
Maintaining Integrity in the Legal Field: Progressive Women Gaining Ground on the High Road
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AU Law |
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RSVP
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| 3:30 PM |
Development, Mobile Technology |
Mobile Disconnect: Can Mobile Solutions Really Combat Global Poverty?
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New America |
Maura O’Neill, Ed Al-Hussainy, Kentaro Toyama, Katrin Verclas |
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| 4:00 PM |
Arab Spring |
One Year Later: Has the Arab Spring Lived Up to Expectations
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Georgetown |
John L. Esposito, Heba Raouf, Radwan Ziadeh |
RSVP
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| 4:00 PM |
Independent Voters |
The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents
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Wilson Center |
Linda Killian, Kevin Merida |
RSVP
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| 4:00 PM |
State-Society, Azerbaijan |
State-Society Relations in Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Azerbaijan
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Elliott School |
Gokhan Alper Ataser |
RSVP
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| 5:00 PM |
United Arab Emirates |
A Discussion With United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba
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SAIS |
Yousef Al Otaiba |
RSVP
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| 5:30 PM |
Development |
Young Professionals Workgroup Planning Meeting
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SID |
Jason Eisen, Nicholas Bell |
RSVP
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| 6:00 PM |
Cairo, Child Homelessness |
Taking Care of Wounds: An Ethnography of Humanitarian Medicine and the Condition of Child Homelessness in Cairo
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Georgetown |
Rania K. Sweis |
RSVP
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| 6:00 PM |
Social Media |
Finding Your Influencers and Your Audience (Workshop)
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Press Club |
Shaun Dakin |
RSVP
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| 7:00 PM |
Conservative Populism |
The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right
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Politics and Prose |
Arthur Goldwag |
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Friday, February 10 |
| Time |
Subject |
Title |
Host |
Panelist(s) |
RSVP |
| 9:00 AM |
Immigration, Prosecutorial Discretion |
Prosecutorial Discretion: A Progress Report on Implementing New Guidelines and Policies
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MPI |
Doris Meissner, Seth Grossman, Juan P. Osuna, Jim Stolley, Crystal L. Williams |
RSVP
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| 9:00 AM |
Religion and Society |
Standing Seminar: Religion & Human Personhood, Culture, and Society
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Berkley Center |
Christian Smith, Phil Zuckerman, Nancy Ammerman, José Casanova, Hent de Vries and more |
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| 10:00 AM |
Turkey |
Turkey's Foreign Policy Objectives in a Changing World
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CSIS |
Ahmet Davutoğlu |
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| 10:30 AM |
Networking |
The 4Ps Workshop Series: Professional Networking
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AU Law |
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| 12:00 PM |
Coptic Christians |
Coptic Diaspora Survey: Implications for Egypt and its Development
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IdEA |
Pradeep Ramamurthy, Bishop Angaelos |
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| 12:00 PM |
Personal Branding |
International Trade Career Roundtable: Personal Branding
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WITA |
Joe Rio |
RSVP
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| 12:15 PM |
Economic Mobility |
Economic Mobility: What’s the Problem and What to Do About It?
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New America |
Scott Winship, Heather McGhee, Shawn Fremstad, Reid Cramer |
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| 12:30 PM |
China, Afghanistan, Pakistan |
China, Pakistan and Afghanistan: Security and Trade
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SAIS |
Guang Pa |
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| 1:00 PM |
Think Tanks, Int'l Exchange |
Launch Event: ThinkTankLINKS Fellowship
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Atlas Corps, CIPE |
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| 1:00 PM |
New START |
New START at One Year: Implementation and Looking to the Future
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Brookings |
Michael Elliott, James Acton, Rose Gottemoeller, Jan Lodal, Ted Warner |
RSVP
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| 2:00 PM |
Social Media, Social Justice |
Media That Matters 2012: Change for Good (Day 1 of 2)
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AU Center for Social Media |
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RSVP
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| 3:00 PM |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ambassador Event
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AU SIS |
Mitar Kujundzic |
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| 3:30 PM |
Black Colleges |
School Daze (Film)
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SAIS |
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RSVP
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| 5:00 PM |
Egypt, Arab Spring |
Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation: A Conversation with Ashraf Khalil
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Elliott School |
Ashraf Khalil |
RSVP
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| 7:00 PM |
The Brain, Neuroscience |
Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are
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Politics and Prose |
Sebastian Seung |
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| 7:30 PM |
Concert Performance |
Soprano Victoria Loukianetz
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Embassy of Ukraine, Embassy of Austria |
Victoria Loukianetz |
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Saturday, February 11 |
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